Package-tie.



E. F. KI NG.

.PACKAGE TIE.

Patented J 11110 22, 1915.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.28, I914. 1,144,21 1.

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EUGENE F. KING, OF GUILFOBD, NORTH CAROLINA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed August 28, 1914. Serial No. 859,056. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE F. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guilford, in the county of Guilford and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements inPackage-Ties, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to package ties, and

one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a packagetie withnieans for positively engaging and clamping the cord when intied position, for preventing acc1- dental loosening or withdrawal ofthe same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a package tie having aresilient cord engaging tongue,. and a clamping sleeve adapted to bemoved into locking position over'said tongue during the process of tyinga package, for positively locking the tongue into engagement with thecord.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package tie of theclass described,

which may quickly and easily be undone, bypulling the cord'in a singledirection subsequently to the unlocking of the tongue.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a tie which will beextremelysimple, durable, eiiicient in operation and inexpensive tomanufacture. a 7

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which likecharacters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalfigures, of which 40' tie constructed according to my invention,

showing. the first step in the operation of V fastening thesame.

, Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a Fig. 2 represents a viewsimilar to Fig. 1 showing another step in the operation. Fig. 3represents a view similar to Fig. '1: showing the position of the: tieupon completion of the fastening operation. Fig. 4 represents aperspective view of the tie in unlocked position. Fig. 5 represents, abottom plan View of the. same.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical central longi tudinal sectional view takenthrough the'tie showing the same in locked position, and Fig.7represents a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the planeindicated by the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Referring-more particularly to the drawing, the tie comprises a body 5,a locking tongue 6, a clamping sleeve 7 a cord clip 8andacord9.

The body, locking tongue, and cord clip are formed of a single strip ofmetal bent to the proper form.

The body is in the form of a flat strip having parallel longitudinaledges 10. The said strip is doubled upon itself near one end to form aloop 11, the extreme end 12 of the strip lying flat upon the bodyportion 5 and being welded or otherwise suitably maintained in intimaterelation therewith.

The locking tongue 6 overhangs body 5 for thegreater portion of thelength thereof, said tongue being connected with the body at itsopposite end from the cord clip 8, by a looped portion 13 ofi-set to oneside of the body and lying parallel therewith. The tongue at its freeend 14: is rounded, and

the extreme end 12 of the cord clip is provided with an arcuate notch ofa curvature whereby its upper surface will lie flush with the uppersurface of portion 12 of the cord clip, so that the clamping sleeve 7may be slid from said clip along the body portion and over the lockingtongue in a manner to be hereinafter set forth. Previously to the tyingprocess the tongue, by reason of its resiliency lies above and in spacedrelation to the body 5.

The under side of cord clip 8 at the loop 11, is provided with a keyhole slot 15. Cord 9 at one end is knotted and the knot dropped throughthe enlarged portion of slot 15, and

the cord is then drawn to bring the knot adjacent the smaller end of theslot. This arrangement provides means for easily equipping the tie withthe cord, and at the 7 same time prevents accidental displacement orunloosening of the cordfrom the tie.

The clamping sleeve 7 encircles the tie and when the latter is not inuse, is disposed upon the cord clip adjacent the loop 11. The initialbulging of the loop adjacent the clamping sleeve provides a suflicientgrip to prevent accidental slipping of the sleeve along the tie and atthe same time allows of the easy manipulation of said clamping sleeve. Ahook 16 is provided on the sleeve and projects toward cord clip 8. Thehook comprises an inclined shank 17 anda sub v p W th' gi t ing op n gthe body and locking tongue, so that the tie may be ung or sp nde in aon eni n po i i 7 to be used when desired. 7

- The operation of the device maybe briefly 7 described as follows: Thetie is placedupon one side of a package l9 in the position indicated inFig. 1;; The cord is then p sse around the package in the direction ofthe tie, and'is' then inserted between the tQIlgue 6 andthe body 5, andis drawn to the left and passed around the package laterally thereof,again slippedbetween the tongue and body and pulled toward the operatorat an angle as indicated in Fig. 1 This pulling action draws the cord tothe desired tension on all sides of the package. The left thumb of theoperator is then placed upon the portion of the cord overlying the nearend of the tongue as indicated at 20 and the cord is then looped aboutth tongue in the position shown in Fig.7 2. The left thumb is thenshifted to depress the locking tongue upon the body, and the cord ispassed along side the body and engaged upon hook 16 of the clamp.sleeve. A pull upon the cord towardthe operator then draws the sleevedown and over-the locking tongue, into the position shown in .Fig. 8,and the cord may then be released. By this operation it will be seenthat the cord is utilized in drawing the clamp sleeve into lockingposition upon the tongue, during the process of fastening the tie. Whenit is desired to undo the package, the clamping sleeve may be engaged byone of the thumbs of the operator and shoved ofi of the locking tongueupon the cord clip. The cord may then be pulled away from the operator'm'a "single direc tion thus disengaging all of the cord from the tie withthe exception'of that portion 'initially slipped between the tongue andbody. Thisaction suiliciently loosens the cord to allow of the readyremoval of the tie from the package.

It will be noted that the offset parallel 1 loop 13v provides a guidefor maintaining the portions'of the cord adjacent said loop,one

portion 21 lying in alinement therewith and the other portion 22 atright angles; thereto, in these relative positions when the tying Byreason ofthe free end of; locking tongue 6 being rounded, abrasion orcutting a of the cord during the process of undoing the tie isprevented. The fact that the cord Although I have describedthe preferredembodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changesin theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof as do notdepart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended caims r Iclaimg- .7 a g l. A package tie comprising a flat body portion,a resilient locking tongue overlying one end of the body portion, anoif-set'loop lying in parallel relation with said body and connectingone endof the tongue with the adjacent'end of the body, acord clip atthe opposite end of the body, said clip compr n of the body upon itself,a key hole slot, provided longitudinally of the loop on the side of thebody; opposite said locking tongue, a cord havinga knot atone end disaloop formed by doubling one end posed in'said key hole slot, afclampingsleeve i normally positioned upon the doubled'end of the ody an ada te the lip d er sa d. lo king tensi h n the la er is ep essed against the boy; ,andahookpr vided on said clamping sleeve adapted to be engaged bythe cord for operatingthe'slfeeve during the process of fastening the,tie.

. 2. na kase t m in a fia b y a r silient ock g ongue onne t d Wi h bodyand disposed over thesame atone end 7 thereof, a cord clip, formed onthe. opposite 7 end of thefbo dy, a eordconnectedsaid c ip dapted to le-passe twee the the locking tongue and body during thefproe of; fasteng t e e. a lamp n Sleeve carried by the tie adapted to be SliPPd. overthe locking tongue for clamping the same against the cord,,and meanscarried by the clamping sleeve, and adapted to. be engaged by he rd f rop ra ing seid cl mpi ig sleeve during the process of, fastening the V3. In apackage tie combination ofra body, a locking tongue disposed inspaced relation over the body near .one end and i adapted tohe forcedinto engagement. with said body, a flexible elementcarriedby the bodyand adapted to be wound about the package, said flexible element,adapted to. be

engaged between the, tongue andbodfi and a sleeve slidably disposed uponthe body and adaptedto be operated by the flexible. ele-..

ment whereby to he slipped over said tongue for locking the same.against the body,

whereby to hold the flexible element against 7 pp ng- 1 a r y 4. A'package tie including abody, and a locking tongue, a flexible, elementadapted to be engaged between the'locking tongue and body during theprocess of fastening the tie, and a sliding sleeve operable by theflexible element for locking said tongue said sleeve being operable bythe flexible element during the process of fastening the 0 tie forlocking said flexible element against the body.

EUGENE F. KING. Witnesses:

ALAN F. GARNER, SOLON C. KEMON.

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Washington, I). G.

